People often refer to themselves as “swimming like a duck”. This is a reference to how calm ducks appear above the water but how fast they are paddling beneath to stay afloat. I myself have been known to use this analogy.

Today, however, I offer a new way of looking at “swimming like a duck”. One with a more positive frame. Ducks practice self-care and preen themselves in such a way that as water hits their feathers, it simply rolls off. How great would it be for us humans to learn how to perform self-care in such a way that as stressors hit us on a daily basis, we too are able to simply let them “roll off” our backs?

Affirmations are positive and inspirational statements that usually describe the goals we want to achieve in life. Often repeated, affirmations are planted into our subconscious mind. This process motivates and reprograms the subconscious mind to strive toward our personal success.

Live Joy Your Way | Certified Life Coach | Teens & Women

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Through professional coaching and co-collaboration, helping children, teens & women anchor their self-esteem in authenticity and find their inner confidence in order to perform in all areas of life including academics, business, social, transitions and performing arts or sports.

Breakups among young people can be equally disturbing. Often, they are more crushing, because there are established biases that minimize the heartache young people experience. So, there is much less support designed to help adolescents to bounce back when healing form heartache.

How often do you do things you don’t want to just because you don’t know how to say “no”? Many of us go along with saying “yes” to other people’s requests all the time. We are either uncomfortable saying “no” because we don’t want to disappoint others or to be seen as impolite or uncooperative. Sometimes we fear possible repercussions.